John Cotta, Jr.

John Cotta (son of John Cotta and Mary Moore) was born November 23, 1671 at Boston and died there on June 9, 1728. He married, May 4, 1698 at Boston to Sarah Wharton (daughter of Richard Wharton and Sarah Higginson). She was born August 7, 1671 at Boston.

brief biography

from History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called ..., Volume 1 By Oliver Ayer Roberts page 313-314

John Cotta, Jr. (1698), hatter, of Boston, son of John Cotta (1679), tailor, of Boston, was born Nov. 23, 1671, and married, May 4, 1698, Sarah, daughter of Richard Wharton, son-in-law of Capt. William Tyng (1638). In the administration of his estate,

June 17, 1728, he is called "felt-maker." He was fourth sergeant of the Artillery Company in 1705, and clerk of the market in 1706.

July 10, 1722, "John & Sarah Cotta in Cornhill " were approved and recommended by the selectmen as retailers of strong drink, and July 5, 1728, the license was granted to "Sarah Cotta in Corn Hill."

John Cotta (1698) died June 9, 1728, aged fifty-six years.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 21 2016, 23:15:21 UTC
• Ancestry genealogy
• Descendants of the Reverend Francis Higginson, Massachusetts Bay Colony of Salem, 1910 page 10-11
• A genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692, on the basis of Farmer's Register. By James Savage. page 494 Richard Wharton, Boston 1661, a very active gent. largely concern. in purch. of lds. as in 1683, the Pegypscot, of 500,000 acres, at the E. and engag. in public good, m. a. 1659, Bethia, d. of William Tyng, and next, 1672, Sarah, d. of Rev. John Higginson of Salem, and had two ds. Sarah and Bethia. Felt, in Geneal. Reg. IX. 339, calls him a lawyer, but perhaps he was only atty. for partic. individ. not a mem. of the profess. Under appointm. as one of the Counc. of Sir Edmund Andros, he thwart. some of his oppress. designs, and went home with others in July 1687 to complain against his measures, and d. in London a. 1690. He left much embarrass. est. and his ds. kept a small shop in Boston. Sarah m. John Cotta, in B. See Higginson Letters in 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. VII. 198—